Correspondence regarding Dokumentenwerk - Miscellaneous

Identifier
WL3000/9/1/4
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 109308
Dates
6 Mar 1954 - 29 Jun 1961
Level of Description
Collection
Languages
  • German
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • Institut für Zeitgeschichte
  • Bundeszentrale für Heimatdienst

Biographical History

Beginning in 1954 The Wiener Library and the Institute for Contemporary History (IfZ) in Munich worked jointly on an edition of documents (Dokumentenwerk) regarding the persecution of Jews in the Nazi era. Initiated by the Ministry of Interior (BMI) and funded by the Federal Agency for Homeland Service (BHD) this project was part of larger journalistic endeavors by these two authorities to fight and prevent Antisemitism in West Germany. Due to ongoing problems the Dokumentenwerk was cancelled eventually in May 1963.

Scope and Content

The folder contains mainly copies of various administrative materials related with the Dokumentenwerk including among others: an exposé by Alfred Wiener on the project (1954); minutes of related meetings (1955); a contract between BHD, The Wiener Library and IfZ (1955); status reports and accounts of charges by Alfred Wiener and IfZ historian Helmuth Krausnick regarding different parts of the work (1958).

Conditions Governing Reproduction

This material has been digitised. Readers should book a reading room terminal to access it.

Related Units of Description

  • See the numerous correspondences on the Dokumentenwerk project within the Pre-1963 Correspondence series.

Subjects

  • Vergangenheitsbewältigung
  • Publishing
  • Jewish history
  • German-Jewish dialogue
  • Antisemitism, defence against
  • Administration

Places

  • West Germany [1949-1990]
  • England
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